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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I'd hafta raise another flag for Ubuntu, it really easy outstanding for beginners. It is based on Debian so things will be- well, Debian rocks, even if it is like a brick wall sometimes. If you need any help, hop on over to [url=http://ubuntuforums.org/]UbuntuForums[/url]. I often hang out on their IRC channel #ubuntuforums on Freenode (if you need help with IRC, that's a whole 'nother thread). Trust me, once you see how drop dead easy the install is on Feisty, you'll never think of Linux the same. It has its quirks, but you knew that. If you tell me what hardware ya got, we can find out how compatible you are. I'll affront you that NVidia always trumps ATI on the Linux driver front. The codec thing is not really a problem. When you load a video in some codec, Totem will automatically ask to download the codec. Some are bitchy (WMV), but time will tell.. everyone having all the codecs is a pretty new thing on Linux. Wine is, well, Wine. Many things will run just fine, some after some hammering, and some will not even get close. For some things, CrossOver Office (for office apps) and Cedega (for gaming) will make things easier (both are 'for pay'). I've some details on [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/29341]Installing Photoshop on Linux with CrossOver Office 5.0.3[/url] Ubuntu takes its time to boot, mostly because of all the services it loads on startup. I've heard it's trivially easy to configure for faster booting, but I've never gotten around to actually doing it. My stopwatch on my cell phone says 2:56 for Ubuntu vs. 0:35 for WinXP (both from GRUB). Thing is, with WinXP you can use hibernate and stuff to make it load even faster, [url=http://acpi.sourceforge.net/]ACPI on linux[/url] (it controls things like hibernate and suspend) is a bit of hit-or-miss depending on the hardware (the board, right?). One of the many reasons it takes a while to boot? It takes forever to load CUPS (the print server)- I don?t even have a printer! [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX]POSIX Standards[/url] are basically the API that linux is based on. It's the standards interfacing that Unix uses and Linux has always aimed for total POSIX compliance. It has to do with the kernel APIs and commands that are available. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD]BSD is cool[/url], but it's a little less open than Linux. As a result fewer apps are actually written for the BSDs (but most will work) but the system is super-stable. When I get a little more time, if you decide on the flavor, I'll post some of my initial config and package stuff. I suggest you use [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PartitionMagic]PartitionMagic[/url] for partition work, it is the best app I've ever seen for that. What kinda connection you got, or is the machine a laptop? Loading...
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